The curtain of flames unfurled and spread with devastating momentum at lightning speed, creating unimaginable heat and pressure in an instant. Destruction was absolute. The earth cracked under the scorching flames, and countless millipedes withered and burned in that instant. The crackling sounds resembling popping beans only lasted three to five seconds before returning to silence.0

The towering flames dispersed. Wisps of black smoke broke the cracked ground surface, whistling like a foghorn. The fire had destroyed the swarm of millipedes above ground and those lurking underground. The high heat distorted the air, filling it with toxic gases.0

With a wave of his hand, Wayne...0